Name: | EMPIRE MACMAHON |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 02/07/1943 |
Completed: | 12/1943 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1677 |
Dimensions: | 8856grt, 4788nrt, 465.3 x 59.3 x 33.8ft |
Engines: | Oil engine, 4SCSA, Werkspoor type, 8cyl (650 x 1400mm), 502nhp |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.5knots |
Reg Number: | 169173 |
History: | |
30/11/1943 | Ministry of War Transport (Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd), Newcastle |
1946 | Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London; renamed NANINIA |
1955 | Shell Petroleum Co Ltd, London |
10/05/1960 | Broken up |
Comments: | Completed as a Merchant Aircraft Carrier & tanker |
Armed with 1 x 4.0ins, 8 x 22mm guns & 4 x Fairey Swordfish aircraft | |
1946: Converted back to a pure tanker | |
10/05/1960: Arrived at Hong Kong for breaking up | |
Broken up by Hong Kong Chiap Hua Manufactory Co (1947) Ltd |
Above photo as EMPIRE MACMAHON is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as EMPIRE MACMAHON is courtesy of Helderline
Above photo as NANINIA is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as NANINIA is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as NANINIA is copyright of David Finch